RSS & Podcast Parser API

A lightweight Node.js server that converts RSS feeds and podcasts into JSON format. Supports both RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds.

Features

• RSS 2.0 and Atom feed support
• Podcast-specific metadata parsing
• Image extraction from feeds
• Redirect following
• CORS enabled
• Clean iTunes namespace handling

Server Versions

Two server implementations are available:

• server.js: Native Node.js HTTP implementation
• serveraxios.js: Axios-based implementation with better redirect handling

Installation

Run locally

node server.js OR serveraxios.js
or
// change script--start in package.json for start only for serveraxios.js
npm start 
npm run start:axios 

bun start
bun start:axios
// change script--start in package.json for using start only for serveraxios.js

Request Usage

e.g. http://localhost:8888/?url=https://rssfeedurl

Deploy to Heroku